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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Psychological Therapist (Personality Disorders)

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Job summary

We now have a vacancy for a part-time band 6 DBT therapist to join our established DBT programmes in Hertfordshire. This post will be based in our team in Watford, serving individuals accessing services across South West Hertfordshire. The post-holder will either be already trained in DBT or will access this training.

This offers an exciting opportunity to join an established group of therapists to offer a quadrant-wide therapy service within the community mental health team who provide a local DBT service, as well as joining the wider network of therapists across the trust.

Main duties of the job

The service works to meet the needs of service users who are experiencing significant difficulties with emotional instability and is based within the local multi-disciplinary community teams. We pride ourselves on the quality of the service that we offer and place importance on supporting all our therapists to provide great care, with an emphasis placed on maintaining and developing therapist skills and regular supervision.

This post would suit someone with a core mental health qualification and registration (including nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or other appropriately registered therapists - see person spec for details) and with an interest of working collaboratively with service users (and their families) to develop their skills to improve their ability to tolerate and manage strong emotion. Also it would suit someone who loves working as part of a therapy team and alongside multidisciplinary colleagues, supporting their practice . We are looking for someone who has experience of working with this service user group in community settings. Ideally they will have experience, or training in DBT or SCM, however we are happy to consider to individuals able to commit to completing these trainings - which will be provided. The post will be based as described, but the ability to work flexibly as the needs of the service demands will be essential. The post holder would expect some travel within their working week.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. Our mental health trust has an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on...

Details

Date posted

27 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per ann, Pro rata + 5% of basic salary, min £1,192 max £2,011

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

367-WEST-7175-C

Job locations

Colne House

21 Upton Road

Watford

WD18 0JP


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Qualification and continuing registration* in one of the core mental health professions
  • *Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession (e.g. NMC, HCPC

Desirable

  • Additional training in approaches to PD (e.g. DBT or SCM)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups including adults with personality disorders
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
  • Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments

Desirable

  • Experience of MDT working

Diversity

Essential

  • Ability to apply psychological practice in different cultural contexts

Physical Skills

Essential

  • Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 2010)
Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Qualification and continuing registration* in one of the core mental health professions
  • *Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession (e.g. NMC, HCPC

Desirable

  • Additional training in approaches to PD (e.g. DBT or SCM)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups including adults with personality disorders
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
  • Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments

Desirable

  • Experience of MDT working

Diversity

Essential

  • Ability to apply psychological practice in different cultural contexts

Physical Skills

Essential

  • Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 2010)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colne House

21 Upton Road

Watford

WD18 0JP


Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colne House

21 Upton Road

Watford

WD18 0JP


Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Clinical Psychologist and DBT therapist

Dr Sarah Tarzi

s.tarzi@nhs.net

07979946372

Details

Date posted

27 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per ann, Pro rata + 5% of basic salary, min £1,192 max £2,011

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

367-WEST-7175-C

Job locations

Colne House

21 Upton Road

Watford

WD18 0JP


Supporting documents

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